THE BENEFITS OF PLAY THERAPY FOR CHILDREN AGES 3-10 YEARS OLD
A FREE ONE HOUR TALK WITH ERIN TANNER JOSPE, MA, RCST©

 DOES YOUR CHILD HAVE CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS?
 DOES YOUR CHILD STRUGGLE WITH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES AT HOME OR AT SCHOOL?
 IS YOUR CHILD GOING THROUGH TRANSITION (i.e. a divorce, new school, new living situation, a loss, new baby)?
 IS YOUR CHILD ANXIOUS, STRESSED, OR EASILY AGITATED?
 IS YOUR CHILD ADOPTED?

Experiential Play Therapy, developed by Dr. Byron and Carol Norton, is a therapeutic process that allows children to explore their feelings, emotions and behaviors in a safe and trusting environment. It is through play that children express themselves. They play out their stress, anger, fear, sadness, and frustration, emotions, which are often times affecting their behavior. Younger children express themselves non-verbally, by attaching metaphoric and symbolic meaning to the toys they choose to play with. Parents are involved in the therapeutic process on a regular basis and will work together with the therapist to develop activities in the child’s daily life that will help regulate and support their needs.

When: Tuesday, November 13th 6:30-7:30pm
Location: Colorado Therapies and Aquatic Center – 5412 Idywild Trail
For more information contact: Erin at 303.775.7898 or erin@spacetomovewellness.com

SOMATIC ATTACHMENT TRAINING:
Aquatic Attachment Psychotherapy
Thanks for your interest in Attachment Training at Colorado Therapies with Annie Brook and team. Below is information about the training.

Dates and Details for Attachment Training 2007-2008:
Welcome to the training. This work teaches a great skill set. You will gain a thorough understanding of clinical interventions and a personal opportunity to work issues from the inside out so that your learning is integrated.

Method: The training is a tapestry that weaves the following tools of support:
 Perinatal work~ supports the understanding of early imprinting on the nervous system and how this can be the basis of a client's initial template of shock and trauma
 Somatic psychology~ supports healing psychological issues through the body
 Attachment therapy (with aquatic option)~ supports settling the nervous system, repatterning early bonding, and sustaining healthy relationships.
 BodyMind Centering® based work~ supports repatterning the body through touch and movement

Format: 350 hour training in the following configuration:
 6 weekend sessions per year. (every other month Fri. 2 pm- Sunday ) through 2008.
 10 individual sessions per year (lymphatic, cranial, BMC, and psychotherapy)
 Written self-discovery papers to help with integration
 10 documented practice sessions per year

The training requires an ongoing commitment of attendance for the duration of the training. If unforeseen circumstances occur that might influence your attendance, we will have videoed each session for you to review. You may also use your individual sessions to help get caught up or contract for a separate "update session."

Content: 3 sections: all listed below. The order may be adjusted as the training unfolds

1 - Building movement resources to resolve issues of shock and trauma
 Prenatal movements
 BodyMind Centering® Tissue Development and Embryology
 Tissue tone and resiliency
 Vertebral Movements that underlie upright walking and ability to make contact: crawling reaching, pushing, rolling, pulling
 Developmental Reflexes: (excellent for recovery from shock imprints)
 Improvisation and Play: Great resources for unlocking freeze responses
 Continuum and Authentic Movement
 Aquatic Support (optional…warm water treatment)

2 - Perinatal Developmental Themes
 Preconception and Conception Issues
 Being wanted and welcomed (or not….)
 Environmental Influences (external events that influenced womb conditions)
 Growing
 Stages of Birth
 Complications of birth (chemical imprinting, induction, cord wrap, mechanical interventions)
 Post birth Influences (special care, invasive& life-saving medical interventions)

3 - Attachment Themes
 Safety, Trust, Protection
 Building a sense of self: Accurate mirroring and reflecting
 Attunement skills: pacing, potency, and qualities of touch
 Naming, repairing, and integrating early imprints
 Potency and Interaction

Dates: We will start in Feb if enough people. Otherwise will start in March

2007  Feb 23-25  April 13-15  June 8-10  August 10-12  October 26-28  December 7-9

2008  Feb 1-3  April 4-6  June6-8  August 8-10  October 17-19  Dec 5-7 Note: half-day practice sessions TBA

Cost: $2080/year
(includes weekends plus half days) Payment plans available. Individual sessions paid separately directly to therapists. Dependent on therapist fees.

Payment schedule:
Due Feb 1 $300 non refundable deposit (will be applied toward the last module #12)
Due Module 1 $370
Due each remaining module $349 (nothing due on last module because of deposit).

Note: The deposit is not refundable. You may apply it toward future trainings should you need to interrupt your study.

By Application only:
Go to Colorado Therapies.com, attachment training registration. Complete all forms and call to schedule an interview.

SENSORY PROCESSING WORKSHOP:
These experiential 3 hour workshops include a sensory obstacle course and give the basics to what Sensory Processing is and what is involved when a child suffers from Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). We give practical solutions and information that you can begin using immediately. These workshops are given every 3 to 4 months. Please contact the center to register for this workshop or for the next scheduled class at: 303-530-1503.

GETTING TO THE CORE: ATTACHMENT, TRUST & RELATIONSHIPS WORKSHOP:
Adult intimacy can be side-tracked when reactive patterns emerge, especially if these patterns were formed before we could think and remember. Learn the ways you personally learned to attach to your caregivers, and how this attachment style might well interfere with your ability to give and receive love. Discover how early issues of mistrust are stored in the body, and how to repair these experiences to set the stage for new bonding.

This experiential weekend uses early stories and body awareness to help remember and re-pattern issues of trust and pleasure. Learn to identify early unmet needs so you can become nourished and fulfilled Hear your bodies story, and learn to communicate to friends and family so that problem solving skills result in deeper intimacy and bring balance to our hearts, bodies and mind

Learn how prenatal and birth experiences set the stage for patterns - like chronic tension and difficulty with one's sense of trust, safety, and the ability to bond with another. Discover new ways to re-pattern old wounding and help establish new patterns of behavior. Wear comfortable clothing. Contact Annie Brook at 720-839-4332 for details.

GIFTED KIDS, GIFTED FAMILIES
Come and learn how to work with your gifted child. This group is for parents of gifted kids and starts Tuesday, January 30th from 6-8 pm. It is offered on going on Tuesday nights for a 6 week session, and the cost is $300 per couple for the whole session. It is taught by Donna Roe Daniell, LCSW, who has been a licensed child and family therapist (LCSW) in private practice in Boulder and Longmont for 15 years. Her life’s experience and work, as well as raising a gifted child, has brought her to teaching families, adults, couples and teens. For more information or to schedule a consultation for the class, please call: 303-682-5220.

INTRODUCTIOIN TO HATHA YOGA
This 6 week class will introduce you to the basics of yoga, focusing on building a strong foundation for which you will be able to grow your practice. Each class will begin with meditation and breath work followed by the practice of yogic poses, including standing postures, backbends, forward bends and twists. The class is limited to 8 students so that each student receives specific support and feedback based on their strengths and challenges. This class will help to reduce stress as well as promote a healthy lifestyle in a playful way. Call for class times: 303-242-7272.

INTERMEDIATE HATHA YOGA
This 6 week class will build upon the foundations of Hatha Yoga and the poses learned in the introductory class. The poses will be focusing on building your stamina, strength, and flexibility. Class is limited to 8 students. Call for class times: 303-242-7272.

YOGA FOCUS CLASSES
Classes are being formed for: Yoga for Back pain, Yoga for Stress Reduction / Restorative Poses, and Yoga for Women. Please call to find out when the next class begins. Call for class times: 303-242-7272.

AWAKENING THE DRAGON - QI GONG ("CHI-GUNG")
Qi Gong is an ancient form of exercise with amazing health benefits such as increased strength, flexibility, balance, awareness, & concentration. The form taught in this class is designed to invigorate the body, ground the emotions, & uplift the spirit. It is easy enough for those with movement difficulties, yet challenging enough for the fittest athlete. Come soar with the dragons! Mondays: 12 - 1pm. Call our center for current times: 303-530-1503.

PLAYFUL MOMENTUM
A movement group for preschoolers and toddlers and their adults. This class is a wonderful exploration for your child to learn movement, play, social skills, and to improve their communication with other children. It promotes and supports sensory integration and exploration, coordination, pre-literacy skills and is way fun for families. Call our center for current times: 303-530-1503.

GIRLS WITH SPIR-ART
A 5th and 6th grade girls counseling group. This 8-week counseling group focuses on the following topics and issues that girls are experiencing during the transition into adolescence: Mood swings, self-harming behaviors, body image, skill building in areas of self-esteem, self soothing and stress reduction, peer relationships, meaning and connection to self and others. We will be exploring and learning about these topics through a variety of modalities, including: the expressive arts, meditation skills, creative movement and yoga, equine therapy, group work. The group begins Friday, March 16th, or Saturday, March 17th. 6-8 girls maximum. Cost for the group is $120.00/or $20.00 a session- For more information Contact: Erin Tanner Jospé, MA, RCST©, LLC – 303-775-7898 or erin@spacetomovewellness.com

Erin is the school counselor at the Watershed School in Boulder, where she currently facilitates girls groups and rites of passage programs. She is a facilitator and coach for the Passageways Institute, focusing on social and emotion learning and transitions for young people. She has a Masters degree in counseling psychology from Naropa University and in Movement Education, from UCLA

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